पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · October 2, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.20 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
अहमात्मा गुडाकेश सर्वभूताशयस्थितः।

अहमादिश्च मध्यं च भूतानामन्त एव च।।10.20।।
"10.20 O Arjuna! I am the Self, seated in the hearts of all beings; I am the beginning and the life, and I am the end of them all." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya165.17°KanyāHasta P2
चन्द्र Candra346.93°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala0.22°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha190.68°TulāSvātī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati263.84°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra124.64°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शनि Śani271.19°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:58 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:51 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:50 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:13 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 52 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 07 Mins 29 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:23 – 05:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:59 – 05:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:41
Godhūli Muhūrta17:39 – 18:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:51 – 18:21
Amṛta Kāla17:36 – 19:21
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:18

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:26 – 11:55
Yamaganda14:53 – 16:22
Gulika Kāla07:28 – 08:57
Varjyam06:28 – 06:47
Dur Muhūrta 08:45 – 09:08

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:58 – 07:28 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:28 – 08:57 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:57 – 10:26 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:26 – 11:55 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:55 – 13:24 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:24 – 14:53 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:53 – 16:22 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:22 – 17:51 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:51 – 19:22 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:22 – 20:53 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:53 – 22:24 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:24 – 23:55 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:55 – 01:26 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:26 – 02:57 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:57 – 04:28 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:28 – 05:58 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 26.8467°
Longitude: 80.9462°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870659.27
Julian Day2459124.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1429°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)183.15°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.1429°), declination -3.69°, EoT 11.48 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2020-10-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)